On 5 December 2012 18:39, Margarita Manterola <[email protected]>wrote:
> > As far as I know, LeCamp in *not* being decided upon. It *was* decided
> upon
> > in the decision meeting vote for the venue of Debconf 13 long time ago.
> And
> > it stays that way until Debconf chairs explicitly decide the LeCamp is
> not
> > suitable for Debconf 13. As far as I know, that has not happened.
>
> The venue voted in the decision meeting does not necessarily need to
> be the venue used for the DebConf itself. It's considered "Plan A",
> and it shows what the local team was able to investigate and the
> standards that the location should be able to provide. However, if
> there are problems with the venue, or if there was later a better
> proposal, it's not unthinkable to change venues later on. This has
> happened a number of times before and I expect it to happen in the
> future as well.
>
Agreed. Speaking in general, what I would like to point out is as follows:
The typical way of such change of plans would be if the local team finds a
better venue, proposes that to the chairs and they agree. Any proposals
outside of that process can be easily seen (with or without basis) as
trying to force the local team to do something else than what they proposed
and agreed to do. Which can easily lead to loss of motivation and thus
people. If at all possible such confrontation should be avoided.
If fact, if someone outside the local team does find a better venue, the
best course of action would generally be to privately contact the local
team and offer them the details hoping to insipre them with the idea. And
if local team for some reason does not enthusiastically prefer the new
venue to the old after this, it is unlikely to be in the best interest of
Debconf and Debian to continue pressing that point or to try to get the
board or DPL or GR to overrule the local team.
--
Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs mailto:[email protected]
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